Guwahati, Feb. 13 -- The Assam Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested from Chennai a terrorist actively associated with the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen. This comes as a major success under Operation Praghat, which targets fundamentalist networks and Global Terrorist Organisations (GTO) nationwide.

The arrested terrorist has been identified as Abu Salam Ali.

Assam Police STF chief Partha Sarathi Mahanta said that in the ongoing operation PRAGHAT of Assam police, another important member of ABT and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen has been picked up.

"We had sent an STF team to Chennai, and with the active cooperation and assistance from Tamil Nadu police and Andhra Pradesh police, an active member of Ansarullah Bangl...